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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Incertae sedis » Phryganeopsis » Phryganeopsis brunnea - Hodges#0318 (Phryganeopsis brunnea)

Species Phryganeopsis brunnea - Hodges#0318

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

A pseudo-snout Moth - Phryganeopsis brunnea

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)

Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)

No Taxon (Incertae sedis)

Genus Phryganeopsis

Species brunnea (Phryganeopsis brunnea - Hodges#0318)

Hodges Number

0318

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phryganeopsis brunnea Walsingham, 1881

Numbers

Phryganeopsis brunnea is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 8.3-10.5 mm. (3)

Walsingham (1881) reported the wingspan.

♂ 20 mm.

♀ 25 mm.

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) stated the range includes "northwestern California , the Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada." (4), (3)

Walsingham (1881) collected the type specimens on the coast of Klamath County, California, June 1872.

Season

The flight period appears to be April to September. (2)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) stated the host and immature stages are unknown. (3)

Remarks

Powell & Opler (2009) reported Phryganeopsis brunnea is usually collected in the daylight but is attracted to lights. (3)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 2, fig. 16; p. 51. (3)

Walsingham, T., 1881. On some North-American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 302.

Internet References

University of California, Berkeley

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Essig Museum of Entomology

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 September, 2013 - 11:46pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:12am

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